Pierceville township, Finney County, Kansas (KS)

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Pierceville township, KS map Land area: 145.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 551 (7% urban, 93% rural)

Males: 286	(51.9%)
Females: 265	(48.1%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 551 (467 owner occupied, 84 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	31%

Races in Pierceville township:

White Non-Hispanic: 77.0%
Black: 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
Hispanic or Latino: 21.1%
Two or more races: 0.2%

Median age of males: 32.4
Median age of females: 31.3

Average houshold size: 2.93
Average family size: 3.27

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Population density: 4 people per square mile

(very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	5.2%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	0.0%
Whole state:	4.1%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 60 (10% naturalized citizens)

Pierceville township:	10.9%
State:	5.0%

61% of Pierceville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 330
Northeast: 6
Midwest: 46
South: 32
West: 49

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000

Pierceville township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 120
Two: 5
Mobile homes: 55

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999

Housing units in Pierceville township with a mortgage: 65 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 6
1995 to 1998: 29
1990 to 1994: 6
1980 to 1989: 30
1970 to 1979: 67
1960 to 1969: 5
1950 to 1959: 12
1940 to 1949: 0
1939 or earlier: 25

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pierceville township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 6
4 rooms: 19
5 rooms: 11
6 rooms: 47
7 rooms: 12
8 rooms: 13
9 or more rooms: 31

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pierceville township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 16
5 rooms: 0
6 rooms: 7
7 rooms: 0
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pierceville township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 41
3 bedrooms: 61
4 bedrooms: 25
5 or more bedrooms: 12

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pierceville township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 16
3 bedrooms: 7
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Pierceville township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 25
2 vehicles: 54
3 vehicles: 35
4 vehicles: 13
5 or more vehicles: 12

Cars and other vehicles available in Pierceville township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 12
2 vehicles: 11
3 vehicles: 0
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (46%)
Food (9%)
Construction (6%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (4%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (37%)
Health care (28%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Social assistance (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Farmers and farm managers (29%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
Food processing workers (9%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Top executives (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (19%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Pierceville township:

German (29.2%)
United States or American (25.8%)
French (except Basque) (3.9%)
Czech (3.4%)
Scottish (3.4%)
Irish (2.8%)
Polish (1.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (65%)
Laos (25%)
Canada (10%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 234 (83%)
Carpooled: 9 (3%)
Walked: 12 (4%)
Worked at home: 26 (9%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (55%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
Electricity (4%)

86.8% of residents of Pierceville township speak English at home.
8.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (19% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 36% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 523

In family households: 496 (153 male householders, 0 female householders)
167 spouses, 176 children (171 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 27 (19 male householders (12 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12 1-person, 7 2-persons.

148 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (12 men, 4 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20

Here:	29.4%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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